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In-Home Daycares in Tennessee

An in-home daycare is a licensed family child care home: the provider looks after a small group of children in their own home. Full-time infant care at a home daycare costs a median of $91 a week in the middle Tennessee county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
428
towns
123
towns have their own in-home daycares page
29
of all Tennessee daycares
11%

Map of Tennessee: each dot is a town with in-home daycares, sized by how many are listed

In-home daycare
What puts a daycare on this listThe state license record lists it as a family or group child care home (family child care), where the provider cares for a small group in their own home. Where no state license record is available, its business listing names it a family day care.Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

In-home daycare

What in-home daycare looks like in Tennessee

The typical licensed capacity of a Tennessee in-home daycare
12 children
The median capacity on 428 Tennessee home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.
group or large family homes
282
Tennessee licenses two kinds of home daycare: family homes (146 listed), where one provider cares for a small group, and group or large homes (282), with an assistant and more children.
Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle Tennessee county (2022)
$91
The median of 95 county medians, from $81 in the lowest county to $155 in the highest.

County prices: U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022 (median full-time weekly price).

Tennessee

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Tennessee

Memphis95 in-home daycaresChattanooga34 in-home daycaresNashville27 in-home daycaresClarksville24 in-home daycaresKnoxville23 in-home daycaresMcminnville11 in-home daycaresMurfreesboro7 in-home daycaresLafayette6 in-home daycaresPulaski6 in-home daycaresCookeville5 in-home daycaresBartlett4 in-home daycaresBaxter4 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Tennessee

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
All daycares3,955
Take infants1,470
Child care centers3,527
Accept subsidy2,184
In-home daycares428
Christian & church daycares443
Montessori schools68
Preschools & pre-K2,962
Night daycare175
Early morning daycare1,405
Part-time daycare128
Drop-in daycare21
After-school care1,743
Bilingual daycare19
Head Start316

The Tennessee state record

Tennessee Department of Human Services, Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Tennessee.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
On the state's own site; each listing links to it
Search the Tennessee state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Tennessee

  1. 1

    Ask who else is in the home

    Ask who lives in the home and who helps with the children. Many states require background checks for adults living in a licensed home.

  2. 2

    Ask about backup care

    With one provider, a sick day or vacation closes the daycare. Ask how many days a year they close and what families do then.

  3. 3

    Ask about the group

    Ask how many children come each day and their ages. A home daycare often mixes babies and school-age children in one group.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open the daycare's page here to see its license type, capacity and the state's inspection record, where we hold them.

Tennessee

Cost, inspections and ratios in Tennessee

Daycare cost in TennesseeWeekly prices by age and countyStaff-to-child ratios in TennesseeHow many children each adult may care forDaycare tour checklistQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 123 Tennessee towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A5 towns
B5 towns
C16 towns
D7 towns
E4 towns
F4 towns
G8 towns
H7 towns
I2 towns
J2 towns
K4 towns
L7 towns
M14 towns
N4 towns
O2 towns
P5 towns
R3 towns
S15 towns
T3 towns
W6 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Virginia1,528 in-home daycaresNorth Carolina999 in-home daycaresGeorgia980 in-home daycaresMissouri568 in-home daycaresAlabama453 in-home daycaresKentucky204 in-home daycaresArkansas188 in-home daycaresMississippi1,098 daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Tennessee

How many in-home daycares are in Tennessee?

428 in-home daycares are listed in 123 Tennessee towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Tennessee town has the most in-home daycares?

Memphis, with 95 listed. Next are Chattanooga (34) and Nashville (27).

What is the difference between in-home daycare and family child care?

They are the same thing. State licenses call it a family child care home (or a group or large family home when there is an assistant): a provider caring for a small group of children in their own home.

How many children can a home daycare have in Tennessee?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical Tennessee home daycare license here is for 12 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

Who licenses daycares in Tennessee?

Tennessee Department of Human Services, Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Tennessee. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.